A5042781626- Avian ecology and behavior
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Wildlife-Road Interactions and Conservation
- Rangeland and Wildlife Management
- Energy and Environment Impacts
- Forest Management and Policy
- Bioenergy crop production and management
- Fire effects on ecosystems
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant and animal studies
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Forest ecology and management
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Bat Biology and Ecology Studies
- Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology
- Wind Energy Research and Development
- Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics
- Marine animal studies overview
- Advanced Statistical Methods and Models
- Photovoltaic Systems and Sustainability
- Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Advanced Measurement and Detection Methods
- Animal Vocal Communication and Behavior
United States Geological Survey
2018-2024
Forest and Rangeland Ecosystem Science Center
2018-2023
Mississippi State University
2013-2019
Ecological Society of America
2018
John Wiley & Sons (United States)
2018
Texas A&M University
2012-2017
Abstract Nest predation is a major limiting factor for songbird productivity, including the federally endangered black‐capped vireo ( Vireo atricapilla ). However, nest predator information limited across range of in central and southwest Texas. We monitored nests 3 counties within breeding vireos Texas 2008 2009 used continuous recording digital video cameras to record events. video‐monitored 115 documented 39 events by at least 9 species. Overall, we observed avian species (51%, n = 39),...
Renewable energy production can kill individual birds, but little is known about how it affects avian populations. We assessed the vulnerability of populations for 23 priority bird species killed at wind and solar facilities in California, USA. Bayesian hierarchical models suggested that 48% these were vulnerable to population-level effects from added fatalities caused by renewables other sources. Effects extended far beyond location impact distant regions across continental migration...
Abstract Bird populations are declining globally. Wind and solar energy can reduce emissions of fossil fuels that drive anthropogenic climate change, yet renewable‐energy production represents a potential threat to bird species. Surveys assess effects at facilities exclusively local, the geographic extent encompassed by birds killed these is largely unknown, which creates challenges for minimizing mitigating population‐level cumulative fatalities. We performed geospatial analyses stable...
Abstract. Predation is the leading cause of nest failure for many bird species. Most studies associate risk predation with vegetation characteristics site. Alternatively, Skutch hypothesis suggests that adults' activity at can attract attention predators and lead to an increased predation. We investigated whether surrounding sites affected attentiveness visitation if these behaviors survival. used 1-hr observations 8-hr video Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla) nests in three regions...
Abstract Reduction in wildlife mortality is often cited as a potential advantage to repowering wind facilities, that is, replacing smaller, lower capacity, closely spaced turbines, with larger, higher capacity ones, more widely spaced. Wildlife rates, however, are affected by than just size and spacing of varying turbine operation, seasonal daily weather habitat, all which can confound our ability accurately measure the effect on rates. We investigated rates study conducted near Palm...
Abstract Human activity influences wildlife. However, the ecological and conservation significances of these are difficult to predict depend on their population‐level consequences. This difficulty arises partly because information gaps, data stressors usually collected in a count‐based manner (e.g., number dead animals) that is translate into rate‐based estimates important infer consequences changes mortality or population growth rates). ongoing methodological developments can provide make...
Human actions, both legal and illegal, affect wildlife in many ways. Inaccurate diagnosis of cause death undermines law enforcement, management, threat assessment, mitigation. We found 410 dead birds collected along 196 km power lines four western USA states during 2019-2022. necropsied these carcasses to test conventional wisdom suggesting that electrocution is the leading at electrical infrastructure. Of 175 with a known death, 66% died from gunshot. Both raptors corvids were more likely...
Nest predation and brood parasitism likely cause declines in many songbird species, yet the rate of these varies among species. Simultaneously studying co-occurring species with overlapping territories provides an opportunity to identify differences that may explain differential reproductive success. We monitored nests three determine whether federally endangered Black-capped Vireo (Vireo atricapilla) experienced lower success than Northern Cardinals (Cardinalis cardinalis) White-eyed Vireos...
The Yellow Rail (Coturnicops noveboracensis) is a migratory bird with many aspects of its ecology poorly understood. objective this study was to examine effects fire, vegetation structure, and landscape variables on site occupancy detection probabilities for Rails overwintering in coastal pine savannas Mississippi Alabama. Between December April, 2012–2013, dragline surveys were conducted at three conservation areas: two Jackson County, Mississippi, one Mobile Alabama, USA. Site 0.81 ± 0.06...
Capsule Interpretation of nest survival estimates may be improved by incorporating the search method used to locate nests as a covariate.Aims To compare annual for Dickcissel Spiza americana and determine if (structured, opportunistic, or behavioural searches) model fit.Methods were located using structured, searches over three years (2011–2013) in Mississippi, USA. Models estimate daily rates (DSRs) analyse factors influencing survival.Results DSRs Dickcissels best explained quadratic date,...
Abstract Growing concerns about climate change, foreign oil dependency, and environmental quality have fostered interest in perennial native grasses (e.g., switchgrass [ Panicum virgatum ]) for bioenergy production while also maintaining biodiversity ecosystem function. However, biomass cultivation marginal landscapes such as airport grasslands may detrimental effects on aviation safety well conservation efforts grassland birds. In 2011–2013, we investigated of vegetation composition harvest...
Increased interest in renewable energy has fostered development of wind and solar facilities globally. However, sometimes negative environmental impacts, such as wildlife fatalities. Efforts by regional land managers to balance potential while minimizing fatality risk currently rely on datasets that are aggregated at continental, but not scales, focus single species, or implement meta-analyses inappropriately use inferential statistics. We compiled summarized data from 87 reports for the...
Open-source intelligence (OSINT) evolved in spy agencies but now is rapidly changing many fields of study, from anthropology to zoology. Despite the fact that OSINT occasionally used conservation biology, there little recognition some tools and frameworks by professionals are drawn this well-established field. In sometimes evaluate wildlife crime, human-wildlife human-environment interactions, animal behavior, questions distribution abundance. Recognizing conceptual foundations field would...
Vireo atricapilla (Black-capped Vireo) is an endangered songbird whose habitat use has been well studied in central portions of its breeding range, which characterized by successional vegetation communities. To expand our understanding as it relates to reproductive success, we Black-capped at the territory and nest-site scales southwest Texas 2009 2010, area xeric stable We measured territories nests evaluate influence variables on nest parasitism survival. Our results showed that differed...
A primary concern for human–wildlife interactions is the potential impacts resulting from wildlife (primarily birds) collisions with aircraft. The identification of species responsible aircraft necessary so that airport management can develop effective strategies to reduce strikes those species. Of particular importance in developing such regional, seasonal, and temporal patterns unidentified bird may limit effectiveness regional habitat strikes. authors analyzed 105,529 U.S. civil aviation...
Native warm-season grasses (NWSG) are gaining merit as biofuel feedstocks for ethanol production with potential concomitant of cattle forage and wildlife habitat provision. However, uncertainty continues regarding optimal approaches yield quality within landscapes competing conservation objectives. We used a randomized complete block design 4 treatments to compare vegetation structure, biomass nutrients, between Panicum virgatum (Switchgrass) monocultures NWSG polycultures harvested once or...